Install oak strip flooring

Install oak strip flooring

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A flooring contractor will charge $263 to lay unfinished oak strip flooring in a 12- by 15-foot room. If you have carpentry skills and tools, you can buy the materials for $175 and do it yourself, saving 34 percent. Empty the room, remove the base shoe molding with a hammer and pry bar, and thoroughly vacuum the floor. The new oak strips require a base of a clean and sound subfloor. The random strips of oak are milled to fit together as tongue-and-groove boards that are nailed together with a flooring nailer; these tools are available at most rental centers for about $35 to $50 for a day. You'll pay more to have the new floor sanded and finished to complete the job.

A flooring contractor will charge $263 to lay unfinished oak strip flooring in a 12- by 15-foot room. If you have carpentry skills and tools, you can buy the materials for $175 and do it yourself, saving 34 percent. Empty the room, remove the base shoe molding with a hammer and pry bar, and thoroughly vacuum the floor. The new oak strips require a base of a clean and sound subfloor. The random strips of oak are milled to fit together as tongue-and-groove boards that are nailed together with a flooring nailer; these tools are available at most rental centers for about $35 to $50 for a day. You'll pay more to have the new floor sanded and finished to complete the job. (Tribune Media Services)

A flooring contractor will charge $263 to lay unfinished oak strip flooring in a 12- by 15-foot room. If you have carpentry skills and tools, you can buy the materials for $175 and do it yourself, saving 34 percent. Empty the room, remove the base shoe molding with a hammer and pry bar, and thoroughly vacuum the floor. The new oak strips require a base of a clean and sound subfloor. The random strips of oak are milled to fit together as tongue-and-groove boards that are nailed together with a flooring nailer; these tools are available at most rental centers for about $35 to $50 for a day. You'll pay more to have the new floor sanded and finished to complete the job.